Botanical Name
Boronia ‘Moranda Candy’
Common Name
Moranda Candy Boronia
Description
Moranda Candy is a delightful compact boronia cultivar renowned for its intensely fragrant pink flowers and neat growth habit that creates beautiful sensory garden experiences. This attractive hybrid produces masses of small four-petaled pink flowers with exceptional fragrance that perfumes the surrounding garden area during spring flowering. The small, pinnate leaves provide attractive fine-textured evergreen foliage year-round. Requiring excellent drainage and protection from harsh conditions, it thrives in well-drained acidic soils and partial shade to morning sun positions. Perfect for containers, fragrant gardens, and areas where aromatic native flowering and compact growth create special garden features ideal for close appreciation.
Plant Category
Small Shrubs
Size (H x W)
Height: 50cm-1 meter, Spread: 50cm-80cm
Boronia ‘Moranda Candy’ is a garden cultivar developed from Australian native Boronia species, thriving in well-drained acidic soils with excellent drainage and partial shade to morning sun exposure in temperate climates.
Cultural SIgnificance
Based on native Boronia species, this cultivar continues the tradition of boronias being valued by Aboriginal peoples for their aromatic properties, with various species having traditional uses for their fragrant leaves and flowers.
Kuranga respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners, the Wurundjeri people, as the custodians of this land. We pay respect to all Aboriginal community Elders, past and present, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the history of the region.
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